<p>Yeah, so I'm looking over the math survey thread, asking what math classes you've taken, and I feel really dumb. At my school, I'm on the 2nd highest track and it's considered very advanced. Not many get to Calc AB, most only to pre-calc. About 10 of 450 make it to Calc BC, and 1-3 take classes at a cc because they've surpassed it. And I realized this earlier when people were posting their schedules, I'm the only regular cc'er I know of who won't get to Calc BC. So I felt stupid.</p>
<p>Maybe you just started late?
Tons of people don't even take PRE-CALCULUS at their schools. Most people at CC are relatively smarter than your average high schooler so don't feel dumb or anything. Not getting to take Calculus BC because you don't have enough time is different from not taking it because you don't feel you're "up" to it.</p>
<p>i feel you celebrian. I wont be getting past AB, either, which is pretty bad for an honors/ AP sequence in math at my school. Im not joking, over 2/3 (more than 60) who take AB are juniors, 30-60 take BC as seniors. There are a few (3 I think) who take multivariable and beyond before the end of HS. I feel so inferior to others because of this... Im just a late math bloomer, i guess.</p>
<p>hehe I feel better now. It's not that I'm really stupid, but it's so rare at my school, I'd have to be a genius to get that high (really, the bc kids are like gods to us calc AB'ers)</p>
<p>at my school (public in the middle of nowhere) the highest math class u can take is Calc AB. There is one class of it and only the smart people take it. It's considered hard. It seems that everyone's school on this board offers like 20 APs or more when my school only offers 5. Everyone is worried about ECs like summer programs, academic decathalon, debate team, olympiads, and math teams. My school has NONE of those. It may only be my school that prevents me from gaining an admission to an Ivy. Calm down and be thankfull for what you've got.</p>
<p>BC isn't even offered here either.
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It seems that everyone's school on this board offers like 20 APs or more when my school only offers 5. Everyone is worried about ECs like summer programs, academic decathalon, debate team, olympiads, and math teams. My school has NONE of those. It may only be my school that prevents me from gaining an admission to an Ivy.
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That's exactly how I feel! My school is so low, barely up to standard. I try to do other classes outside the school, but there is only so much you can do to make up for a poor school cirruculum.</p>
<p>My school only offers up to AB for a different reason; it's a bad school (EDIT: It's a different reason than drummerdude_07 at least). There are only 32 people in the Pre-Calc classes total, in a school of 1500+ students. Of those, less then half aren't seniors, and even less are actaully going to go on to Calculus. You only need 4 credits for and Advance diploma here, so some of them just might quit math. And then there are a few who'll fail.</p>
<p>I'll probably end up doing Independent Study to get further before college.</p>
<p>people at my school generally take BC or AB but usually its not both, just either or. its like.. we all come from advanced geometry - advanced algebra - math analysis - AB/BC... so its like the same thing. my friend was in my math class last year and she decided to take AB but i took BC this year</p>
<p>My school only goes up to AB as well, and I'm not even going to be qualified to take it because my guidance counselor wouldn't let me take the track for it (every honors track except math --; ). So now I'm planning to take it in a local cc...but I fear it may not be enough to get me where I want to go. So, don't feel alone; I'll be one of the few CCers that'll only go up to Pre-Calc in high school. ;P</p>
<p>It's nice to hear other people are in a similar situation. I'm grateful for what my school has, but my school doesn't have any of this academic deatholon, etc. either.</p>
<p>Celebrian, don't feel bad. I only took upto Pre-Cal at my HS (well, local college, whatever) then took the "liberal arts" curriculum. And I got in Georgetown, ND, etc., so eh. :)</p>
<p>My school's more of a athletic school, which is bad for me since I can't play any sport between having asthma and being a nerdy, skinny white guy. The only academic things we've had are the AMC10/12 and a Debate Club.</p>
<p>And Academic Decathlon is overrated.</p>
<p>yea, i feel bad too. there's this uber smart kid (junior) who finished all the math courses at our school so he has to take math courses at NYU now. bastard. He started BC cal freshman year. </p>
<p>I randomly shout math equations at him when i see him in the hallways. ^_^</p>
<p>"1 + 1"</p>
<p>"5!"</p>
<p>Well, I'm taking AB as a senior right now because our school doesn't have BC either. However...we have a pretty bad teacher. I don't think he understands the material himself half the time and basically he can't teach us. We're waaay behind where we should be, and everyone's totally unprepped for the exam.</p>
<p>As a result, and because I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not <em>that</em> much of a math person, I'm not going to take the AP exam on Tuesday. From what I understand from friends at Wake Forest, just taking it would bump me into a higher-level calc class for next year, something I'm not prepared for at all.</p>
<p>I'm graduating having taken only AB this year and proud of it: future politics major. How many of our 43 presidents have known linear algebra?</p>
<p>yea..well it depends on the major of course..it wouldn't look too great if you graduated with only an AB (providing theres more challenging courses you can take) and you want to be a math major.</p>
<p>Not necessarily. If the school only offered upto AB, then the student can't do much, now can he/she.</p>
<p>Also, if a student started from Algebra but worked his/her way up to Cal AB, then that in itself is a feat.</p>
<p>(providing theres more challenging courses you can take) <em>cough</em></p>